Beautiful over look of Panther Creek. The State Rangers were awesome helping us get the TN passport…read morebook when the visitor center was closed. Bathrooms amazed at how clean they are!! Overlooking was well worth going out of the way to see this state park.

Nice large wooded state park along Cherokee Lake with free admission; they have donation collection…read moreboxes but it's of course optional. It's a very big park with over 1,000 wooded acres, pavilions, trails, picnic areas, a disc golf course, and visitors center. Definitely a nice place to visit if you're in the area and enjoy the outdoors. Unfortunately it was raining heavily when we stopped by so couldn't get the full experience, but will visit again and devote at least half a day if we're in the area again.

We stayed overnight in a small Class B RV in mid-April, 2024. Reservations were easy through…read moreRecreation.gov. Sites were $18 (non-electric) and $24 (electric). RV and tent camping are both available. It's part of the federal Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. We had non-electric site A-12 which was conveniently near the rest room. It was appropriately sized for us and was on a slight slope; others might need a larger site and to bring leveling blocks. Mid-April was still relatively cold so the campground was quite empty -- and quiet. We were concerned that we might hear traffic from 58 but it was a non-issue. The campground is in Virginia, in close proximity to the point where Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky meet. There are many hiking trails nearby, and it's only a few miles from the visitors center for the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.

In Ewing, Virginia, on Thursday April 17th, Tony and I was driving Rt 58 from the Cumberland Gap…read moreNational Historic Park in Tn into Virginia on our way home to West Virginia for Easter. Rt 58 is the original WILDERNESS ROAD for the Pioneers to travel from East coast out West. We happened to find this massive park and the views of the mountains, the valleys and the scenery was AWESOME...I would love to go here again. We enjoyed the visit. -- at Wilderness Road State Park

This is a really nice state park. It has good trails for running/hiking. The camp ground has 2…read moreloops and is nice. One loop is on Norris lake and offers fishing and boating. There's also a small separate lake for non-motorized craft. You can rent kayaks or bring your own for a small fee. Note that the segregated lake does not permit inflatable craft. There are several picnic pavilions and tables throughout the park. The swimming area is nice and has a paved bottom that slopes in towards a platform for jumping off etc. the bottom of the swim area can be slippery. There are also cabins for rent that look nice though we didn't stay in one. It's about 45 minutes from Knoxville. It's worth a visit.

The park itself is amazing. Nice trails, nice views, nice swimming area, a playground, even saw…read moresome people fishing. Camping -- Cheap at about $35 after taxes for water and electric. Late arrivals are allowed which is hard to find sometimes. Camping area is not well marked, some people got lost and I helped them find the right area while I was camping here. You'll get to the big parking lot and then see some large brown trash dumpsters on the left, that's where the turn for camping is. That's also the only area I found to throw your camping trash. Bathrooms are very run down, but clean. Showers are cold even after waiting a few minutes hoping it would warm up. Lots of cigarette trash on the ground, especially around the bathrooms. Dogs are allowed, on leashes.

This place never ceases to amaze us! Service on all fronts is great! Gas dock attendants are always…read morevery polite, careful and quick. WE LOVE JENNIFER, manager of the marina store!!! She is a wealth of knowledge and very willing to help you however she is able. We rented a slip and it was in good condition and our boat was safe. Convenient trailer parking. One word of caution: if launching/retrieving on Fri or Sat, the parking lot gets very full and it's difficult to navigate a trailer through. And, last but not least, Jimmy's restaurant is one of the best on the entire lake (separate review of Jimmy's). Highly recommend this marina!

From the owner: On Norris Lake in Tazwewell, TN. Full Service Marina + Jimmy's Place Lakeside Restaurant & Bar,…read moreBoat Rentals & Slips, Houseboat Slips, Cottages and RV Campground

7/26/26 My husband…read moreand I like to take a cave trip every year for our anniversary. This year, we traveled from Ohio to the Bristol area. Gap Cave was a great stop for the way back home. I will admit that we originally did not go in with high expectations. We saw the $8 price tag and thought that meant this cave must be underwhelming with the price being THAT low compared to all other tours that we have been on. Gap Cave was the 29th cave/cavern that we have visited in the US. When I tell you that we were pleasantly surprised, that is the understatement of the century. We loved the experience of getting to use the flashlights to light our own path while in the cave. The hike to the cave itself is super beautiful. Our tour guides(Lucas, Dylan, and Mackenzie) were amazing. You could see all of their enthusiasm for their job which is always great to see! Gap Cavern has an amazing amount of formations. We enjoyed our tour here more than the Domes and Dripstones tour at Mammoth Cave. The visitors center of Cumberland Gap National Park was also super nice! The employees and rangers were so friendly and kind! We highly recommend making this stop!

This place is great to hike. Friendly staff at the visitor center. Plenty of parking space. We had…read morea great time here.

Sand was awesome. I loved the waves and especially the beaming sun. I love beaches! The way the…read morewind felt on your face hit my heart. I could feel my freedom in the clouds and the amount of floats for the ocean was great.

Well, our kayak sank. Someone not in affiliation to the company had to come save us after 40…read moreminutes of swimming. The reason I am still giving 4 stars is because sometimes unfortunate things happen in businesses. What is important is how they handle it. They quickly refunded us and apologized very sincerely. I would specifically like to thank Yvette and Joseph for their kindness.

Exhilarating for newbies like me! We hiked the way up in pitch black with headlamps and the way…read moreback in the morning sun. Be ready to get scratched up by blackberry thorns and have a few falls. Still have bruises. So worth it if you love feeling like you're actually climbing and not just walking pavement.

The Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park is the newest Tennessee state park. It is a…read morestraight line from the top border to the bottom, and cuts through 11 counties and two time zones. It encompasses 31,000 acres of land, and 200 miles of hiking at this time. But there are currently another 300 miles of hiking trails planned and in progress. Because of this, there are a lot of places you can fish, hunt, rock climb, or do back country camping. It's named after Justin P. Wilson, who was the deputy governor for a while. We hiked about two mile around the Tennessee Gorge area in Chattanooga that had some stunning overlooks.

Stopped here unplanned when we had a water issue with our RV. Hadn't planned on staying but…read morethankfully Dumplin Valley had vacancy and was able to recommend a mobile Rv repair service too. We stayed one night and they were SO accommodating with a last minute reservation! We pulled in after dark so I was surprised to see the farm like beautiful setting when waking up the next morning. It was a great stay and I was surprised to see the place so empty! We decided maybe we should stay a second night it was so enjoyable. By the time we went down to the office to pay our site was already reserved for the night, so we would have to move spots. Slightly obnoxious since there were only a handful of sites occupied, but we were late to decide so that's our fault. Ultimately we decided that if we had to pack up to move sites then we might as well get back on the road- and so we did. It was still a beautiful, picturesque and farm setting that was peaceful and quiet plus accommodating! They don't have any 'resort' type amenities but power was water are plenty amenities for us!!

Beautiful campground! Quiet. I had business to conduct in East Knoxville and this place was PERFECT!read more

First time there since new management and re name…read more Went with three friends Friday about 6 pm. Busy but no problem getting in immediately. Live band, awesome bar drinks, cold beer great wait staff. Food was very good for bar fare. Had boom boom shrimp appetizer not spicy but very tasty. Hush puppies with jalapeño were great. We ordered 3 Grilled chicken sandwiches with cheese bacon lettuce tomato were tender and very tasty. Other was Philly cheese steak. Also tasty and hot. Burgers and pizza look awesome. Standard sides are fries but I opted for fresh fruit. Pleasantly surprised to say it was actual fresh mixed fruit- grapes pineapple melon chunks etc. Family friendly with large seating capacity cornhole area lots of parking right on dock at beach island marina. I'll definitely go again.

we had went and rented a boat this year and also previous years Mind you we have spent thousands on…read morethese boats. We had rented one today and we were not even out there for 10 minutes and the boat started acting up and having maintenance lights so we took it back to the place and we asked them if they could Give us a new boat or solve the issue of the boat and they started being very unprofessional and disrespectful. The owner said that he could not do anything to help us or give us a refund for anything so $500 Was out of our pockets for being out of there for 10 minutes and he was not very cooperative or helpful at all. i would not recommend going to this place at all. it honestly deserves a 0 star review but unfortunately i cannot. it seems they did not care about the well-being of their customers only the money. no compassion was there at all. He also said that the only way that we could get a refund was if his maintenance guy came out and said nothing was wrong with it which clearly something was wrong with it if there's lights coming on And the boat was making weird noises long story short we didn't get a refund and he took $500 out of our pocket and charged for gas do not go here they are ridiculous. if you are looking for a horrible marina and to get scammed this is the place for you!!